U.S.-China Economic Rivalry in Southeast Asia and Its Implications

Strategic Asia: Reshaping Economic Interdependence in the Indo-Pacific examines shifts occurring in the global trading system and their implications for the strategic environment in Asia. Each chapter explores developments in goods, services, and finances, assesses the extent to which key countries and regions are decoupling from China, and evaluates the consequences for regional and global politics.

Foreign Policy Institute Senior Fellow Vikram Nehru writes a chapter that examines how Southeast Asian economies have been affected by U.S.-China rivalry, how the region’s economic policies have responded, and how the U.S. should reconsider its economic policies toward the region.

Read the full chapter in the book Strategic Asia from the National Bureau of Asian Research.